Asked by Haley

Gasoline accounts for 85% of the motor fuel consumed in the
United States every day. If 8,882 thousand barrels (bbl) of motor fuel is consumed each day, how much gasoline is consumed each day in the United States? Round to the nearest barrel. I need help setting up and solving this word problem.
Answered by Ms. Sue
0.85 * 8,882,000 = ?
Answered by Haley
Mr. Sue, is the correct answer 7550 barrels?
Answered by Ms. Sue
That's not the answer I got. Remember, you started with 8,882,000 barrels.
Answered by Haley
Mrs. I recalculated is the answer 7,549,700
Answered by Kimberly
7,549,700 is the correct answer
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